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THE most impressive scoreline of the week was Devonshire Club 54 Baron's Bar 29, all of the home side's players being in double figures, Bob Rimmer 16, Ian Jackson and John Richards, both 14, and Brian Cummins 10.

THE most impressive scoreline of the week was Devonshire Club 54 Baron's Bar 29, all of the home side's players being in double figures, Bob Rimmer 16, Ian Jackson and John Richards, both 14, and Brian Cummins 10.

Led by Geoff Hedley 14, London Boys also had a fine 44 - 27 victory over Quads, Dave Nickeas 13 and Alan Wright 10 also scoring well and Richard Farbon 10 leading for Quads. Southport FC had a creditable result against Casablanca, only going down 39 - 35. Bill Thomas 19 and Dave Dutton 11 led for Casablanca and John Hill and Mick Hopkins, both 12, for the visitors.

Exams also did well against Scarisbrick Hotel, going down 45 - 39.

Dave Sinclair 19 and Harry Owen 17 led for the home side and Dermot Williams 16 and Jim Quigley 12 for Exams. Cavaliers proved too strong for MPs, coming out 48 - 25 winners led by Mark Halton and Paul Edwards, both 15, and Val Makepeace 12, with Ann Evans 11 leading for MPs. Good scoring from Jack Gardner 18 and Keith Wilkinson 16 led Ainsdale Sands to 36 - 30 victory at Formby Pavilion.

Good scoring also from Sheila Tickle 21 and Molly West 13 led Formby RBL to a 47 - 21 victory at Sacred Heart. Cup holders Wings got their campaign off to a good start with a comfortable 56-24 victory over St Jeromes, with all of their players in double figures, Keith Mulhearn 18, Tom Farley 16 and Bob Parry and Dag Griffiths both 12.

Merseyside Challenge Cup Semi - Finals

Our two sides had mixed fortunes.

Wings beat the Liverpool League champions Rainhill Victoria 44-40 but Scarisbrick Hotel went down 56-35 to the Ormskirk League champions Old Dog.